Vamp-marking machine.



No. 811,246. PATENTED JAN. 30, 1906.

A J. P. ROGERS.

VAMP MARKING MAGH'NE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY2.1904.

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LP. ROGERS. VAMP MARKING MAGHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY2.1904.

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PATENT OFFICE..

JOHN F. ROGERS, OF BELFAST, MAINE.

VAlVlP-IVIARKING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 30, 1906.

Application filed. May 2,1904. Serial No. 205.929.

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Be it known that I, Jol-IN F. Roenes, of Belfast, in the county of Waldo and State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vamp-Marking Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to vamp-marking machines of the general type described in my prior Letters Patent Nos. 429,389, 454,987, 480,438, 560,865, and 684,103.

The present invention has for its object to provide improvements adapting a machine of that type to operate on right and left Vamps 4and on irregular grades or styles, to mark vamps for different styles of toe ornamentation and protection, to minimize the amount of adjustment `required in changing over the machine to suit different styles, to more effectively support the vamp during the marking operation, and to mark the vamp plainly and with less liability of' injury there- I' to than heretofore.

A further object is to provide such improvements of a general nature as to increase the utility of the machine, as will more fully .hereii'iafter appear.

Of the accompanying drawings, Figure 1. represents a plan view of a vamp-marking machine embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 represents a plan of the marker, showing a different adjustment of the marking-points at the sides thereof. Fig. 3 represents a median longitudinal vertical section ofthe main frame and pivoted marker on line 3 3 of Fig. 1, partly broken away, showing the centerline marker and adjacent parts, with the marking-holder separated from the bed. Fig. 4 represents a front elevation, partly in section, showing the adjustable stop and platen. F ig. 5 represents a plan view indicating the manner of mounting and adjusting `the two sets of side marking-points on the marker.

Fig. 6 represents an elevation of parts shown in Fig. 5. Fig. 7 represents a perspective view of the center-line marker. Fig. S reprosents a perspective view of one of the gage members. Fig. 9 representsI a perspective View of a modified form of gage.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all the figures.

ln the drawings, 1() is a vamp-supporting bed or table having guides for a longitudinallymovable gage carrier, 11, which re ceives movement from a pivoted lever 12 through link 13.

14 14 are wings or bars making up the gage p vamps.

to fit the inner edge of the vamp and carrying pins 15 16, which engage normally stationary winged cams 17 1S, carried by an adjustable bar 19. The gage-bars 14 are suitably connected with. the carrier 11, so that when longitudinal movement is imparted to said car-Y rier by moving the lever 12 the gage 14 14 will be adjusted to suit different sizes of p l have provided the forward end of each gage-bar 14 with a laterally-projecting lug or shelf 19, as particularly shown in Figs.

1 and 8, 1n which is mounted the pin 15, engaging the forward cam 17. These shelves or ledges 19 serve to prevent the vamp from sagging or falling down below the lower edge of the gage when adjusted to said gage.

On the forward end of the carrier 11 are mounted a pair of pins 20, (see Figs. 1 and 3,) adapted to be mounted in any one of a series of holes 21, distributed longitudinally of the bed, the office of these pins being to gage irregular sizes of vamps which are beyond the capacity for` adjustment of the gage 14 14such, for instance, as childrens sizes, which it may be desired to operate upon occasionally.

22 is a marker pivoted on an axis at the rear edge of the machine and carrying a longitudinally-adjustable marking-point 23, Fig. 3, which is adapted to make a mark on the vamp for a pointed tip or cap and is held by a set-screw 24, whereby it may be adjusted into and out of marking position, said marker 22 also carrying a pair of pivotal arms 25, equipped with marking-points 26, adjustably held by set-screws 27. These points serve to make indentations on the side edges of the toe portions ofthe vamp to indicate the proper position for the cap or tip, and by reason of the pivotal mounting of the arms 25 the points may be adjusted toward and from each other for the di'erent widths of vamps. Inasmuch as right and left Vamps will often require that the two members of the Apair of points 26 be adjusted relatively to each other along the edges ofthe vamp, l pivot the arms 25 upon a hub 28, to whose shaft 29 is secured a handle 30. The latter is movable between the stop-pins 31, which may be mounted in the members of two series of` holes 32, whereby a given range of relative movement for the points 26 is determined.

3 3 indicates springs attached to the arms 25 and overlying the frame of the marker 22, whereby said arms are held up against the under side of said frame.

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pins 151 and 152I projecting downwardlyl On the under sides of the arms 25 near their forward ends are mounted slides 34, provided with marking-points 35, held in vertical adjustment by set-screws 36, said slides being adjustable longitudinally of the arms 25 by means of screws 37. The purpose of the points 35 is to make indentations on the side edges of the toe portions of the vamp for locating the edge of a box-toe when such a toe is used, so that its edge may be positioned 'either forward or at the rear of the line of ornamental perforations in the tip, thus insuring a smooth expanse of leather beneath the perforations. When either of the points 26 35 is in use, the other may be adjusted out of operative position and fixed by the setscrews 27 or 36, or both sets of points may be used at the same time.

38 is a platen for the type wheel or carrier 39, whose manner of operation is more fully set forth in my aforesaid patent, No. 684,103. This platen has a threaded stem 40, screwing through an arm on the frame of the marker 22 and iiXed by set-screw 41, whereby the platen is capable of vertical adjustment. In addition to its function of platen the member 38 acts as a stop to limit the downward movement of the marker 22, and hence limit the amount of penetration of all of the marking -points with which the machine is equipped. If the type-wheel 39 were dispensed with, the member 38 would abut against a suitable coperating stop on the machine-frame.

As an improved center-line marker to indicate the middle line of the vamp I provide a marking-point 43, carried by a spring-arm 44, which is riveted to a slide 45, having a hole 46 to receive the marking-point, said slide being adjustable longitudinally and fixed in different adjustments by set-screw 47. This marker makes an indentation on the upper surface of the vamp, and in this respect is superior to one which penetrates the vamp from below, the latter tending to the injury of a fine-surfaced leather, such as patent-leather. It will be observed that this marking-point 43 is mounted on the gagecarrier 11, and hence receives a longitudinal movement when the gage is adjusted, this manner of mounting avoiding the necessity of adjusting the center-line marker to a fresh position whenever the gage is adjusted for a different size of vamp. In adjusting the vamp to the gage 14 14 its inner edge is brought underneath the marking-point 43, and when the marker 22 descends it abuts against spring 44 and depresses the markingpoint upon the vamp.

Fig. 9 represents a form of vamp-gage consisting of flat plates 140 140, on which the vamp rests, and upwardly-projecting pins 150 150, forming abutments for the inner edge of the vamp. The plates 1 4() also have from their lower'surfaces. When this form of gage is substituted for that shown in the other figures, the plates 140 of which they are constituted are placed flat upon the bed or table with the pins 151 engaging cams 17 and the pins 152 projecting through the slot in the bed 11 and engaging cams 18. In other words, this form of gage is applied eX- actly in the same manner as is the gage 14 and is adjusted for different widths in the same manner. This gage is particularly adapted for vamps having their inner edges of fancy or irregular contour. Adjustment may be made for different widths by placing the pins in a different set of holes 160 from those which they occupy. Such adjustment permits vamps which differ from each other only in the widths of` their throats to be applied to the gage, and thus the machine is provided with capabilities never hitherto found in a vamp-marking machine.

I claim- 1. In a vamp-marking machine, a vampsupporting bed, a vamp gage, a markingpoint positioned to mark the edge of the toe portion of a vamp engaged with said gage, means for adjusting said point longitudinally of the bed, and stops for limiting the movement of said means.

2. In a vamp-marking machine, a vampsupporting bed, a vamp-gage, a plurality of marking-points positioned to mark the edges of the toe portion of a vamp engaged with said gage, and means for independently adjusting one of said points longitudinally of the bed.

3. In a vamp-marking machine, a vampsupporting bed, a pair of vamp-marking devices, and means to simultaneously and oppositely adjust said devices longitudinally of said bed.

4. In a vamp-marking machine, a vampsupporting bed, a holder pivotallymovable toward and from the same, angularly-adjustable arms on said holder provided with marking devices, and means to simultaneously and oppositely adjust said arms in a radial direction.

5. In a vamp-marking machine, a vampsupporting bed, a holder movable toward and from the same, a gage for the inner edge of the vamp adjustable in width, and an auX- iliary gage adjustable longitudinally of the bed independently of the iirst said gage.

6. In a vamp-marking machine, a vampsupporting bed, a holder movable toward and from the same, a shiftable gage-carrier formed with longitudinally-distributed pinholders, a gage for the inner edge of the vamp mounted on said carrier, and an auX- iliary gage composed of a pair of pins adapted for mounting on the respective said pin-holders.

7. In a vamp-marking machine, a gagecarrier, a gage for the inner edge of the vamp IOO mounted on said carrier, and a middle-line vamp-marker mounted on said carrier.

8. -In a vamp-marking machine, a movable vampsupporting gage-carrier,` a gage therefor, a middle-line vamp-marking point movable `with said carrier, yielding means for holding said point away 'from the vamp, and means for pressing the point against the vamp.

In a vamp-marking machine, a vampsupporting bed, a gage-carrier adjusted longitudinally thereof, a gage mounted on said carrier, a spring-arm mounted on said carg rier and having a normally elevated marking-point, means to 'fix said arm at different adjustments longitudinally of the gage-carrier, and a vamp-marking holder movable toward and away from said bed and adapted to depress said spring-arm.

10. In a vamp-marking machine, a vamp supporting bed, a holder movable toward and from the same, a gage for the inner edge of the vain and two pairs of marking devices on said holder positioned to mark the side edges of the toe portion of a vamp held against said gage and relatively adjustable.

11. In a vamp-marking machine, a vampsupport, a gage, a holder movable toward and away Jfrom the support, slides carried by the holder` on opposite sides of the center' thereof in line with the sides of a vamp held the slides, and means 'for adjusting the slides longitudinally of the support.

12. In a vamp-marking machine, a vamp* supporting v bed, a holder movable toward and from the same, a gage 'for the inner edge oi' the vamp two pairs oi` marking devices on said holder positioned to mark the side edges of the toe portion of a vamp held against said gage and relatively adjustable toward and from said bed to permit the operation of either pair singly, and means for effecting a relative longitudinal adjustment of said marking devices.

13. A gage for vamp-marking machines consisting of broad flat plates adapted to support the Vamps and pins mounted on and. projecting from said plates to constitute abutments lor the edges of the vamps.

14. A gage 'for vamp-marking machines consisting of flat plates and pins mounted on and projecting `from said plates to constitute abutments for the edges of the vamps, the plates having provisions for adjustment of the pins thereon.

In testimony whereoiI I have afiiXed my signature in presence oi' two witnesses.

JOHN F. ROGERS. Witnesses:

J. J. MELLEN, E. l". HARRIMAN.

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